word - quotes

Aldous (Leonard) Huxley, 1894-1963

was an English critic and novelist

Words can be like X-rays, if you use them properly — they'll go through anything. You read and you're pierced.

( “Brave New World”, 1932 )

Herbert (Clark) Hoover, 1874-1964

was an US mining engineer and politician

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

Ronald (Wilson) Reagan, 1911-2004

was a 40th president of US

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), 1835-1910

was an US humorist, novelist, short story author, and wit

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

Cato the Elder (Marcus Porcius Cato), 234 BC-149 BC

was a Roman statesman

From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.

William Penn, 1644-1718

was an English religious leader and colonist

If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not give them to him. Such a disposition is like lighting another man's candle by one's own, which loses none of its brilliancy by what the other gains.